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116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 1234
To establish a new organization to manage nuclear waste, provide a consen-
sual process for siting nuclear waste facilities, ensure adequate funding
for managing nuclear waste, and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
APRIL 30, 2019
Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself, Mr. ALEXANDER, and Mrs. FEINSTEIN) intro-
duced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Natural Resources
A BILL To establish a new organization to manage nuclear waste,
provide a consensual process for siting nuclear waste
facilities, ensure adequate funding for managing nuclear
waste, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 3
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 4
‘‘Nuclear Waste Administration Act of 2019’’. 5
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 6
this Act is as follows: 7
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
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TITLE I—FINDINGS, PURPOSES, AND DEFINITIONS
Sec. 101. Findings.
Sec. 102. Purposes.
Sec. 103. Definitions.
TITLE II—NUCLEAR WASTE ADMINISTRATION
Sec. 201. Establishment.
Sec. 202. Principal officers.
Sec. 203. Other officers.
Sec. 204. Inspector General.
Sec. 205. Nuclear Waste Oversight Board.
Sec. 206. Conforming amendments.
TITLE III—FUNCTIONS
Sec. 301. Transfer of functions.
Sec. 302. Transfer of contracts.
Sec. 303. Nuclear waste facilities.
Sec. 304. Siting nuclear waste facilities.
Sec. 305. Storage facilities.
Sec. 306. Repositories.
Sec. 307. Licensing nuclear waste facilities.
Sec. 308. Defense waste.
Sec. 309. Transportation.
TITLE IV—FUNDING AND LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
Sec. 401. Working Capital Fund.
Sec. 402. Nuclear Waste Fund.
Sec. 403. Full cost recovery.
Sec. 404. Judicial review.
Sec. 405. Litigation authority.
Sec. 406. Liabilities.
TITLE V—ADMINISTRATIVE AND SAVINGS PROVISIONS
Sec. 501. Administrative powers of Administrator.
Sec. 502. Personnel.
Sec. 503. Offices.
Sec. 504. Mission plan.
Sec. 505. Annual reports.
Sec. 506. Savings provisions; terminations.
Sec. 507. Technical assistance in the field of spent fuel storage and disposal.
Sec. 508. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board.
Sec. 509. Repeal of volume limitation.
TITLE I—FINDINGS, PURPOSES, 1
AND DEFINITIONS 2
SEC. 101. FINDINGS. 3
Congress finds that— 4
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(1) the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 1
U.S.C. 10101 et seq.)— 2
(A) made the Federal Government respon-3
sible for providing for the permanent disposal 4
of nuclear waste; 5
(B) vested the responsibility for siting, 6
constructing, and operating a permanent geo-7
logic repository for the disposal of nuclear 8
waste in the Secretary of Energy; and 9
(C) required the Secretary to enter into 10
binding contracts with the generators and own-11
ers of nuclear waste pursuant to which the Sec-12
retary is obligated to have begun disposing of 13
the nuclear waste in a repository not later than 14
January 31, 1998; 15
(2) in 1987, Congress designated the Yucca 16
Mountain site as the site for the repository and pre-17
cluded consideration of other sites; 18
(3) in 2002, the Secretary found the Yucca 19
Mountain site to be suitable for the development of 20
the repository, the President recommended the site 21
to Congress, and Congress enacted a joint resolution 22
approving the Yucca Mountain site for the reposi-23
tory; 24
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(4) in 2008, the Secretary applied to the Nu-1
clear Regulatory Commission for a license to con-2
struct a repository at the Yucca Mountain site; 3
(5) in 2009, the Secretary found the Yucca 4
Mountain site to be unworkable and abandoned ef-5
forts to construct a repository; 6
(6) in 2010, the Secretary, at the request of the 7
President, established the Blue Ribbon Commission 8
on America’s Nuclear Future to conduct a com-9
prehensive review of the nuclear waste management 10
policies of the United States and recommend a new 11
strategy for managing the nuclear waste of the 12
United States; and 13
(7) the Blue Ribbon Commission has rec-14
ommended that Congress establish a new nuclear 15
waste management organization and adopt a new 16
consensual approach to siting nuclear waste manage-17
ment facilities. 18
SEC. 102. PURPOSES. 19
The purposes of this Act are— 20
(1) to establish a new nuclear waste manage-21
ment organization; 22
(2) to transfer to the new organization the 23
functions of the Secretary relating to the siting, li-24
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censing, construction, and operation of nuclear waste 1
management facilities; 2
(3) to establish a new consensual process for 3
the siting of nuclear waste management facilities; 4
(4) to provide for centralized storage of nuclear 5
waste pending completion of a repository; and 6
(5) to ensure that— 7
(A) the generators and owners of nuclear 8
waste pay the full cost of the program; and 9
(B) funds collected for the program are 10
used for that purpose. 11
SEC. 103. DEFINITIONS. 12
In this Act: 13
(1) ADMINISTRATION.—The term ‘‘Administra-14
tion’’ means the Nuclear Waste Administration es-15
tablished by section 201. 16
(2) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-17
trator’’ means the Administrator of the Administra-18
tion. 19
(3) AFFECTED INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘af-20
fected Indian Tribe’’ means any Indian Tribe— 21
(A) within the reservation boundaries of 22
which a repository or storage facility is pro-23
posed to be located; or 24
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(B) that has federally defined possessory 1
or usage rights to other land outside of the res-2
ervation boundaries that— 3
(i) arise out of a congressionally rati-4
fied treaty; and 5
(ii) the Secretary of the Interior finds, 6
on petition of an appropriate governmental 7
official of the Indian Tribe, may be sub-8
stantially and adversely affected by the re-9
pository or storage facility. 10
(4) AFFECTED UNIT OF GENERAL LOCAL GOV-11
ERNMENT.— 12
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘affected 13
unit of general local government’’ means the 14
unit of general local government that has juris-15
diction over the site of a repository or storage 16
facility. 17
(B) INCLUSION.—The term ‘‘affected unit 18
of general local government’’ may include, at 19
the discretion of the Administrator, units of 20
general local government that are contiguous 21
with the unit that has jurisdiction over the site 22
of a repository or storage facility. 23
(5) CIVILIAN NUCLEAR POWER REACTOR.—The 24
term ‘‘civilian nuclear power reactor’’ has the mean-25
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ing given the term in section 2 of the Nuclear Waste 1
Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101). 2
(6) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 3
means the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 4
(7) COMPLIANCE AGREEMENT.—The term 5
‘‘compliance agreement’’ means a legally enforceable 6
agreement between the Secretary and a Federal or 7
State agency requiring the removal of defense waste 8
from a Department of Energy facility. 9
(8) CONTRACT HOLDER.—The term ‘‘contract 10
holder’’ means any person who— 11
(A) generates or holds title to nuclear 12
waste generated at a civilian nuclear power re-13
actor; and 14
(B) has entered into a contract for the dis-15
posal of nuclear waste under section 302(a) of 16
the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 17
U.S.C. 10222(a)) or this Act. 18
(9) DEFENSE WASTE.—The term ‘‘defense 19
waste’’ means nuclear waste generated by an atomic 20
energy defense activity (as defined in section 2 of 21
the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 22
10101)). 23
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(10) DISPOSAL.—The term ‘‘disposal’’ has the 1
meaning given the term in section 2 of the Nuclear 2
Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101). 3
(11) EMERGENCY DELIVERY.— 4
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘emergency 5
delivery’’ means nuclear waste accepted by the 6
Administrator for storage prior to the date pro-7
vided in the contractual delivery commitment 8
schedule pursuant to article V.D. of the stand-9
ard contract for disposal of nuclear waste codi-10
fied in section 961.11 of title 10, Code of Fed-11
eral Regulations. 12
(B) INCLUSION.—The term ‘‘emergency 13
delivery’’ may include, at the discretion of the 14
Administrator, defense waste that is required to 15
be removed from a Department of Energy facil-16
ity— 17
(i) pursuant to a compliance agree-18
ment; or 19
(ii) to eliminate an imminent and seri-20
ous threat to the health and safety of the 21
public or the common defense and security. 22
(12) HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE.—The 23
term ‘‘high-level radioactive waste’’ has the meaning 24
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given the term in section 2 of the Nuclear Waste 1
Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101). 2
(13) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian Tribe’’ 3
has the meaning given the term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ in 4
section 2 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 5
(42 U.S.C. 10101). 6
(14) MISSION PLAN.—The term ‘‘mission plan’’ 7
means the comprehensive report required under sec-8
tion 504. 9
(15) NONPRIORITY WASTE.—The term ‘‘nonpri-10
ority waste’’ means nuclear waste that does not 11
qualify as priority waste. 12
(16) NUCLEAR WASTE.—The term ‘‘nuclear 13
waste’’ means— 14
(A) spent nuclear fuel; and 15
(B) high-level radioactive waste. 16
(17) NUCLEAR WASTE ACTIVITIES.—The term 17
‘‘nuclear waste activities’’ has the meaning given the 18
term in section 11 of the Atomic Energy Act of 19
1954 (42 U.S.C. 2014). 20
(18) NUCLEAR WASTE FACILITY.—The term 21
‘‘nuclear waste facility’’ means— 22
(A) a repository; and 23
(B) a storage facility. 24
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(19) NUCLEAR WASTE FUND.—The term ‘‘Nu-1
clear Waste Fund’’ means the separate fund in the 2
Treasury established by section 302(c) of the Nu-3
clear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 4
10222(c)). 5
(20) OVERSIGHT BOARD.—The term ‘‘Oversight 6
Board’’ means the Nuclear Waste Oversight Board 7
established by section 205. 8
(21) PILOT FACILITY.—The term ‘‘pilot facil-9
ity’’ means the storage facility for priority waste au-10
thorized by section 303(1). 11
(22) PRIORITY WASTE.—The term ‘‘priority 12
waste’’ means— 13
(A) any emergency delivery; and 14
(B) spent nuclear fuel removed from a ci-15
vilian nuclear power reactor that has been per-16
manently shut down. 17
(23) PUBLIC LIABILITY.—The term ‘‘public li-18
ability’’ has the meaning given the term in section 19
11 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 20
2014). 21
(24) REPOSITORY.—The term ‘‘repository’’ has 22
the meaning given the term in section 2 of the Nu-23
clear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101). 24
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(25) RESERVATION.—The term ‘‘reservation’’ 1
has the meaning given the term in section 2 of the 2
Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 3
10101). 4
(26) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ 5
means the Secretary of Energy. 6
(27) SITE CHARACTERIZATION.— 7
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘site charac-8
terization’’ means the site-specific activities that 9
the Administrator determines necessary to sup-10
port an application to the Commission for a li-11
cense to construct a repository or storage facil-12
ity under section 305(c). 13
(B) REPOSITORY SITE CHARACTERIZA-14
TION.—In the case of a site for a repository, 15
the term ‘‘site characterization’’ may include 16
borings, surface excavations, excavations of ex-17
ploratory shafts, limited subsurface lateral exca-18
vations and borings, and in situ testing needed 19
to evaluate the suitability of a candidate site for 20
the location of a repository. 21
(C) STORAGE SITE CHARACTERIZATION.— 22
In the case of a site for an above-ground stor-23
age facility, the term ‘‘site characterization’’ 24
does not include subsurface borings and exca-25
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vations that the Administrator determines are 1
uniquely associated with underground disposal 2
and unnecessary to evaluate the suitability of a 3
candidate site for the location of an above- 4
ground storage facility. 5
(D) PRELIMINARY ACTIVITIES.—The term 6
‘‘site characterization’’ does not include prelimi-7
nary borings and geophysical testing needed to 8
assess whether site characterization should be 9
undertaken. 10
(28) SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL.—The term ‘‘spent 11
nuclear fuel’’ has the meaning given the term in sec-12
tion 2 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 13
U.S.C. 10101). 14
(29) STORAGE.—The term ‘‘storage’’ means the 15
temporary retention of nuclear waste pending the 16
disposal of the nuclear waste in a repository. 17
(30) STORAGE FACILITY.—The term ‘‘storage 18
facility’’ means a facility for the consolidated storage 19
of nuclear waste from multiple contract holders or 20
the Secretary pending the disposal of the spent nu-21
clear fuel in a repository. 22
(31) UNIT OF GENERAL LOCAL GOVERN-23
MENT.—The term ‘‘unit of general local govern-24
ment’’ has the meaning given the term in section 2 25
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of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 1
10101). 2
(32) WORKING CAPITAL FUND.—The term 3
‘‘Working Capital Fund’’ means the Nuclear Waste 4
Administration Working Capital Fund established by 5
section 401. 6
TITLE II—NUCLEAR WASTE 7
ADMINISTRATION 8
SEC. 201. ESTABLISHMENT. 9
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established an inde-10
pendent agency in the executive branch to be known as 11
the ‘‘Nuclear Waste Administration’’. 12
(b) PURPOSE.—The purposes of the Administration 13
are— 14
(1) to discharge the responsibility of the Fed-15
eral Government to provide for the permanent dis-16
posal of nuclear waste; 17
(2) to protect the public health and safety and 18
the environment in discharging the responsibility 19
under paragraph (1); and 20
(3) to ensure that the costs of activities under 21
paragraph (1) are borne by the persons responsible 22
for generating the nuclear waste. 23
SEC. 202. PRINCIPAL OFFICERS. 24
(a) ADMINISTRATOR.— 25
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(1) APPOINTMENT.—There shall be at the head 1
of the Administration a Nuclear Waste Adminis-2
trator, who shall be appointed by the President, by 3
and with the advice and consent of the Senate, from 4
among persons who are, by reason of education, ex-5
perience, and attainments, exceptionally well quali-6
fied to perform the duties of the Administrator. 7
(2) TERM.—The term of service of the Admin-8
istrator shall be 6 years. 9
(3) REAPPOINTMENT.—An Administrator may 10
serve more than 1 term. 11
(4) FUNCTIONS AND POWERS.—The functions 12
and powers of the Administration shall be vested in 13
and exercised by the Administrator. 14
(5) SUPERVISION AND DIRECTION.—The Ad-15
ministration shall be administrated under the super-16
vision and direction of the Administrator, who shall 17
be responsible for the efficient and coordinated man-18
agement of the Administration. 19
(6) DELEGATION.—The Administrator may, 20
from time to time and to the extent permitted by 21
law, delegate such functions of the Administrator as 22
the Administrator determines to be appropriate. 23
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(7) COMPENSATION.—The President shall fix 1
the total annual compensation of the Administrator 2
in an amount that— 3
(A) is sufficient to recruit and retain a 4
person of demonstrated ability and achievement 5
in managing large corporate or governmental 6
organizations; and 7
(B) does not exceed the total annual com-8
pensation paid to the Chief Executive Officer of 9
the Tennessee Valley Authority. 10
(b) DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR.— 11
(1) APPOINTMENT.—There shall be in the Ad-12
ministration a Deputy Administrator, who shall be 13
appointed by the President, by and with the advice 14
and consent of the Senate, from among persons who 15
are, by reason of education, experience, and attain-16
ments, exceptionally well qualified to perform the 17
duties of the Deputy Administrator. 18
(2) TERM.—The term of service of the Deputy 19
Administrator shall be 6 years. 20
(3) REAPPOINTMENT.—A Deputy Adminis-21
trator may serve more than 1 term. 22
(4) DUTIES.—The Deputy Administrator 23
shall— 24
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(A) perform such functions as the Admin-1
istrator shall from time to time assign or dele-2
gate; and 3
(B) act as the Administrator during the 4
absence or disability of the Administrator or in 5
the event of a vacancy in the office of the Ad-6
ministrator. 7
(5) COMPENSATION.—The President shall fix 8
the total annual compensation of the Deputy Admin-9
istrator in an amount that— 10
(A) is sufficient to recruit and retain a 11
person of demonstrated ability and achievement 12
in managing large corporate or governmental 13
organizations; and 14
(B) does not exceed the total annual com-15
pensation paid to the Administrator. 16
SEC. 203. OTHER OFFICERS. 17
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There shall be in the Admin-18
istration— 19
(1) a General Counsel; 20
(2) a Chief Financial Officer, who shall be ap-21
pointed from among individuals who possess dem-22
onstrated ability in general management of, and 23
knowledge of and extensive practical experience in, 24
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financial management practices in large govern-1
mental or business entities; and 2
(3) not more than 3 Assistant Administrators, 3
who shall perform such functions as the Adminis-4
trator shall specify from time to time. 5
(b) APPOINTMENT.—Officers appointed under this 6
section shall— 7
(1) be appointed by the Administrator; 8
(2) be considered career appointees; and 9
(3) be subject to section 161 d. of the Atomic 10
Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2201(d)). 11
(c) ORDER OF SUCCESSION.—The Administrator 12
may designate the order in which the officers appointed 13
pursuant to this section shall act for, and perform the 14
functions of, the Administrator during the absence or dis-15
ability of the Administrator and the Deputy Administrator 16
or in the event of vacancies in the offices of the Adminis-17
trator and the Deputy Administrator. 18
SEC. 204. INSPECTOR GENERAL. 19
There shall be in the Administration an Inspector 20
General, who shall be appointed by the President, by and 21
with the advice and consent of the Senate, in accordance 22
with section 3 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 23
U.S.C. App.). 24
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SEC. 205. NUCLEAR WASTE OVERSIGHT BOARD. 1
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established an inde-2
pendent establishment in the executive branch, to be 3
known as the ‘‘Nuclear Waste Oversight Board’’— 4
(1) to oversee— 5
(A) the receipt, disbursement, and use of 6
funds in the Working Capital Fund and the 7
Nuclear Waste Fund; 8
(B) the adequacy of the fees collected 9
under section 302(a) of the Nuclear Waste Pol-10
icy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10222(a)) to ensure 11
the full recovery of the costs incurred by the 12
Federal Government in carrying out activities 13
under this Act and the Nuclear Waste Policy 14
Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.); and 15
(C) the performance of the Administrator 16
in— 17
(i) fulfilling contracts with contract 18
holders; and 19
(ii) complying with the mission plan; 20
and 21
(2) to review the annual management reports 22
and financial statements submitted by the Adminis-23
trator under section 505. 24
(b) MEMBERS.—The Oversight Board shall be com-25
posed of 5 members appointed by the President, by and 26
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with the advice and consent of the Senate, from among 1
prominent United States citizens of integrity and reputa-2
tion who, based on the training, experience, and attain-3
ments of the individuals, are exceptionally well qualified 4
to evaluate and oversee the administration of this Act. 5
(c) POLITICAL AFFILIATION.—Not more than 3 6
members of the Oversight Board may be members of the 7
same political party. 8
(d) TERMS.— 9
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-10
graphs (2) and (3), each member shall serve a term 11
of 5 years. 12
(2) INITIAL TERMS.— 13
(A) STARTING DATE.—The term of the 14
first 5 members appointed to the Oversight 15
Board shall be treated as having started on the 16
first July 1 after the date of enactment of this 17
Act. 18
(B) STAGGERED TERM.—Of the 5 mem-19
bers first appointed to the Board under sub-20
paragraph (A)— 21
(i) 1 shall be appointed for a term of 22
1 year; 23
(ii) 1 shall be appointed for a term of 24
2 years; 25
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(iii) 1 shall be appointed for a term of 1
3 years; 2
(iv) 1 shall be appointed for a term of 3
4 years; and 4
(v) 1 shall be appointed for a term of 5
5 years. 6
(3) EXTENSION OF TERM.— 7
(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-8
graph (B), a member of the Oversight Board 9
may continue to serve after the expiration of 10
the term of the member until a successor is ap-11
pointed, has been confirmed, and has taken the 12
oath of office. 13
(B) LIMITATION.—No member of the 14
Oversight Board may serve beyond the end of 15
the session of the Congress in which the term 16
of the member expires. 17
(4) VACANCIES.—A member of the Oversight 18
Board appointed to fill a vacancy occurring before 19
the expiration of the term for which the predecessor 20
of the member was appointed shall be appointed only 21
for the remainder of the term of the predecessor. 22
(5) REAPPOINTMENT.—A member of the Over-23
sight Board may be reappointed for an additional 24
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term by the President, by and with the advice and 1
consent of the Senate. 2
(e) REMOVAL.—The President may remove any mem-3
ber of the Oversight Board for inefficiency, neglect of 4
duty, or malfeasance in office. 5
(f) CHAIR.—The President shall designate 1 member 6
of the Oversight Board as Chair of the Oversight Board. 7
(g) ACTING CHAIR.—The Chair designated under 8
subsection (f) may from time to time designate any other 9
member of the Oversight Board to act in the place and 10
stead of the Chair during the absence. 11
(h) QUORUM.—Three members of the Oversight 12
Board shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of doing 13
business. 14
(i) EQUAL RESPONSIBILITY AND AUTHORITY.—Each 15
member of the Oversight Board, including the Chair, shall 16
have— 17
(1) equal responsibility and authority in all de-18
cisions and actions of the Oversight Board; 19
(2) full access to all information relating to the 20
performance of the duties and responsibilities of the 21
member; and 22
(3) 1 vote. 23
(j) CONFLICT OF INTEREST.—No member of the 24
Oversight Board shall— 25
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(1) be employed by the Administration or the 1
Department of Energy; or 2
(2) have a financial interest in (including an 3
employment relationship with) any contract holder 4
or contractor of the Administration. 5
(k) COMPENSATION.— 6
(1) IN GENERAL.—Each member of the Over-7
sight Board shall be paid at the rate of pay payable 8
for level III of the Executive Schedule in subchapter 9
II of chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code, for 10
each day (including travel time) the member is en-11
gaged in the work of the Oversight Board. 12
(2) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—Each member of the 13
Oversight Board may receive travel expenses, includ-14
ing per diem in lieu of subsistence, in accordance 15
with sections 5702 and 5703 of title 5, United 16
States Code. 17
(l) MEETINGS.—The Oversight Board shall meet at 18
least once every 90 days. 19
(m) FUNCTIONS.—The Oversight Board shall— 20
(1) review, on an ongoing basis— 21
(A) the progress made by the Adminis-22
trator in siting, constructing, and operating nu-23
clear waste facilities under this Act; 24
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(B) the use of funds made available to the 1
Administrator under this Act; 2
(C) whether the fees collected from con-3
tract holders are sufficient to ensure full cost 4
recovery or require adjustment; and 5
(D) the liability of the United States to 6
contract holders; 7
(2) identify any problems that may impede the 8
implementation of this Act; and 9
(3) recommend to the Administrator, the Presi-10
dent, or Congress, as appropriate, any actions that 11
may be needed to ensure the implementation of this 12
Act. 13
(n) REPORTS.—The Oversight Board shall report the 14
findings, conclusions, and recommendations of the Over-15
sight Board to the Administrator, the President, and Con-16
gress not less than once per year. 17
(o) RESPONSE BY THE ADMINISTRATOR.—Not later 18
than 45 days after the date on which the Oversight Board 19
submits a report to the Administrator under subsection 20
(n), the Administrator shall transmit to the Oversight 21
Board, in writing— 22
(1) a statement of whether the Administrator 23
accepts or rejects, in whole or in part, the rec-24
ommendations submitted by the Oversight Board; 25
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(2) a description of the actions taken in re-1
sponse to the recommendations (or an explanation of 2
the reasons for not acting on the recommendations); 3
and 4
(3) the views of the Administrator on the rec-5
ommendations. 6
(p) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The Administrator shall 7
make all reports under subsection (n) and all responses 8
from the Administrator under subsection (o) available to 9
the public. 10
(q) EXECUTIVE SECRETARY.—The Oversight Board 11
shall appoint and fix the compensation of an Executive 12
Secretary, who shall— 13
(1) assemble and maintain the reports, records, 14
and other papers of the Oversight Board; and 15
(2) perform such functions as the Oversight 16
Board shall from time to time assign or delegate to 17
the Executive Secretary. 18
(r) ADDITIONAL STAFF.— 19
(1) APPOINTMENT.—The Oversight Board may 20
appoint and fix the compensation of such additional 21
clerical and professional staff as may be necessary to 22
discharge the responsibilities of the Oversight Board. 23
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(2) LIMITATION.—The Oversight Board may 1
appoint not more than 10 clerical or professional 2
staff members under this subsection. 3
(3) SUPERVISION AND DIRECTION.—The cler-4
ical and professional staff of the Oversight Board 5
shall be under the supervision and direction of the 6
Executive Secretary. 7
(s) STAFF COMPENSATION.— 8
(1) CLERICAL STAFF.—Clerical staff shall be 9
appointed subject to the provisions of title 5, United 10
States Code, governing appointments in the competi-11
tive service, and shall be paid in accordance with the 12
provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chap-13
ter 53 of such title relating to classification and 14
General Schedule rates. 15
(2) PROFESSIONAL STAFF.—Professional staff 16
members may be appointed without regard to the 17
provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing 18
appointments in the competitive service, and may be 19
paid without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 20
and subchapter III of chapter 53 of that title relat-21
ing to classification and General Schedule pay rates, 22
except that no individual so appointed may receive 23
pay in excess of the maximum rate of pay under the 24
General Schedule. 25
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(t) ACCESS TO INFORMATION.— 1
(1) DUTY TO INFORM.—The Administrator 2
shall keep the Oversight Board fully and currently 3
informed on all of the activities of the Administra-4
tion. 5
(2) PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS.—The Ad-6
ministrator shall provide the Oversight Board with 7
any records, files, papers, data, or information re-8
quested by the Oversight Board. 9
(u) SUPPORT SERVICES.—To the extent permitted by 10
law and requested by the Oversight Board, the Adminis-11
trator of General Services shall provide the Oversight 12
Board with necessary administrative services, facilities, 13
and support on a reimbursable basis. 14
(v) HEALTH, SAFETY, AND ENVIRONMENTAL REGU-15
LATION.—Nothing in this section gives the Oversight 16
Board jurisdiction to regulate the activities of the Admin-17
istration to protect the health and safety of the public or 18
the environment. 19
(w) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 20
are authorized to be appropriated to the Oversight Board 21
from amounts in the Nuclear Waste Fund such sums as 22
are necessary to carry out this section. 23
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SEC. 206. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 1
(a) Section 901(b)(2) of title 31, United States Code, 2
is amended by adding at the end the following: 3
‘‘(H) The Nuclear Waste Administration.’’. 4
(b) Section 12 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 5
(5 U.S.C. App.) is amended— 6
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘the Admin-7
istrator of the Nuclear Waste Administration;’’ after 8
‘‘Export-Import Bank;’’; and 9
(2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘the Nuclear 10
Waste Administration,’’ after ‘‘Export-Import 11
Bank,’’. 12
TITLE III—FUNCTIONS 13
SEC. 301. TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS. 14
There are transferred to and vested in the Adminis-15
trator all functions vested in the Secretary by the Nuclear 16
Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.) relat-17
ing to— 18
(1) the construction and operation of a reposi-19
tory; 20
(2) entering into and performing contracts for 21
the disposal of nuclear waste under section 302 of 22
that Act (42 U.S.C. 10222); 23
(3) the collection, adjustment, deposition, and 24
use of fees to offset expenditures for the manage-25
ment of nuclear waste; and 26
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(4) the issuance of obligations under section 1
302(e)(5) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 2
(42 U.S.C. 10222(e)(5)). 3
SEC. 302. TRANSFER OF CONTRACTS. 4
Each contract for the disposal of nuclear waste en-5
tered into by the Secretary before the date of enactment 6
of this Act shall continue in effect according to the terms 7
of the contract with the Administrator substituted for the 8
Secretary. 9
SEC. 303. NUCLEAR WASTE FACILITIES. 10
The Administrator shall site, construct, and oper-11
ate— 12
(1) a pilot facility for the storage of priority 13
waste; 14
(2) 1 or more additional storage facilities for 15
the storage of nonpriority nuclear waste; and 16
(3) 1 or more repositories for the permanent 17
disposal of nuclear waste. 18
SEC. 304. SITING NUCLEAR WASTE FACILITIES. 19
In siting nuclear waste facilities under this Act or 20
performing any function transferred under section 301(1), 21
the Administrator shall employ a process that— 22
(1) allows affected communities to decide 23
whether, and on what terms, the affected commu-24
nities will host a nuclear waste facility; 25
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(2) is open to the public and allows interested 1
persons to be heard in a meaningful way; 2
(3) is flexible and allows decisions to be re-3
viewed and modified in response to new information 4
or new technical, social, or political developments; 5
and 6
(4) is based on sound science and meets public 7
health, safety, and environmental standards. 8
SEC. 305. STORAGE FACILITIES. 9
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF STORAGE FACILITY PRO-10
GRAM.—The Administrator shall establish a storage pro-11
gram to license, construct, and operate through 1 or more 12
non-Federal sector partners, 1 or more government or 13
non-federally owned storage facilities to provide interim 14
storage, as needed, for spent nuclear fuel and high-level 15
radioactive waste. 16
(b) PILOT PROGRAM FOR THE STORAGE OF PRI-17
ORITY WASTE.— 18
(1) REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS.— 19
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 20
days after the date of enactment of this Act, 21
the Administrator shall issue a request for pro-22
posals for cooperative agreements for a pilot 23
program for the storage of priority waste— 24
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(i) to obtain any license from the Nu-1
clear Regulatory Commission and any 2
other Federal or State entity that is nec-3
essary for the construction of 1 or more 4
storage facilities; 5
(ii) to demonstrate the safe transpor-6
tation of spent nuclear fuel and high-level 7
radioactive waste, as applicable; and 8
(iii) to demonstrate the safe storage 9
of spent nuclear and high-level radioactive 10
waste, as applicable, at the 1 or more stor-11
age facilities, pending the construction and 12
operation of deep geologic disposal capacity 13
for the permanent disposal of the spent 14
nuclear fuel or high-level radioactive waste. 15
(B) GUIDELINES.— 16
(i) IN GENERAL.—The request for 17
proposals under subparagraph (A) shall in-18
clude general guidelines for the consider-19
ation of storage facilities consistent with 20
each requirement of section 112(a) of the 21
Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 22
U.S.C. 10132(a)), that the Administrator 23
determines to be applicable to above- 24
ground storage. 25
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(ii) REVISIONS.—The Administrator 1
may revise the general guidelines from 2
time to time, consistent with this section. 3
(2) REVIEWS OF PROPOSALS.— 4
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator 5
shall review each proposal submitted under 6
paragraph (1) to evaluate— 7
(i) the extent to which the applicable 8
States, affected units of general local gov-9
ernment, and affected Indian Tribes sup-10
port the proposal; 11
(ii) the likelihood that the proposed 12
site is suitable for site characterization 13
under the guidelines under paragraph 14
(1)(B); 15
(iii) a reasonable comparative evalua-16
tion of the proposed site and other pro-17
posed sites; 18
(iv) the extent to which nuclear 19
wastes are, or are planned to be, stored or 20
disposed of within the State; 21
(v) the extent to which each proposal 22
would— 23
(I) enhance the reliability and 24
flexibility of the system for the dis-25
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posal of nuclear waste, including co- 1
location with a proposed permanent 2
geological repository; and 3
(II) minimize the impacts of 4
transportation and handling of nu-5
clear waste; 6
(vi) potential conflicts with— 7
(I) a compliance agreement re-8
quiring removal of nuclear waste from 9
a site; or 10
(II) a statutory prohibition on 11
the storage or disposal of nuclear 12
waste at a site; and 13
(vii) any other criteria, including cri-14
teria relating to technical or safety speci-15
fications, that the Administrator deter-16
mines to be appropriate. 17
(B) PREFERENCE FOR CO-LOCATED RE-18
POSITORY AND STORAGE FACILITY.—In review-19
ing proposals submitted under paragraph (1), 20
the Administrator shall give preference to sites 21
proposed to be co-located with— 22
(i) additional storage facilities for 23
nonpriority waste; or 24
(ii) a repository. 25
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(3) SITE CHARACTERIZATION.— 1
(A) DETERMINATION OF SUITABILITY.— 2
After conducting a review under paragraph (2) 3
and any additional site investigation that the 4
Administrator determines to be appropriate, the 5
Administrator shall determine whether the site 6
is suitable for site characterization. 7
(B) SELECTION OF SITE FOR CHARACTER-8
IZATION.—From the sites determined to be 9
suitable for site characterization under subpara-10
graph (A), the Administrator shall select at 11
least 1 site for site characterization, giving pri-12
ority to sites that have been proposed to be co- 13
located with a permanent geological repository, 14
after— 15
(i) holding public hearings in the vi-16
cinity of each site and at least 1 other lo-17
cation within the State in which the site is 18
located; and 19
(ii) notifying Congress. 20
(C) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT.—On selec-21
tion of a site for characterization under sub-22
paragraph (B), the Administrator may enter 23
into a cooperative agreement, subject to section 24
401(e), with the State, affected units of general 25
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local government, and affected Indian Tribes, 1
as applicable, that includes— 2
(i) terms of financial and technical as-3
sistance to enable each applicable unit of 4
government to monitor, review, evaluate, 5
comment on, obtain information on, make 6
recommendations on, and mitigate any im-7
pacts from, site characterization activities; 8
and 9
(ii) any other term that the Adminis-10
trator determines to be appropriate. 11
(4) SITE SELECTION.— 12
(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-13
graphs (B) and (C), on completion of site char-14
acterization activities, the Administrator shall— 15
(i) make a final determination for 16
each site of whether the site is suitable for 17
development as a storage facility; and 18
(ii) select 1 or more suitable sites for 19
storage facilities. 20
(B) CONSENT-BASED APPROVAL.—Before 21
selecting a site for developing a storage facility, 22
the Administrator shall enter into a consent 23
agreement, subject to section 401(e), to host 24
the facility with— 25
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(i) the Governor or other authorized 1
official of the State in which the site is 2
proposed to be located; 3
(ii) each affected unit of general local 4
government; and 5
(iii) any affected Indian Tribe. 6
(C) BINDING EFFECT.—The consent 7
agreement— 8
(i) shall be binding on the parties, 9
subject to section 401(e); and 10
(ii) shall not be amended or revoked 11
except by mutual agreement of the parties. 12
(5) SUBMISSION OF PROGRAM PLAN.—Not less 13
than 30 days before selecting a site for development 14
of a storage facility under paragraph (4), the Ad-15
ministrator shall submit to Congress a program plan 16
that includes— 17
(A) a list of the 1 or more sites the Ad-18
ministrator proposes to select for a storage fa-19
cility; 20
(B) an estimate of the cost of licensing, 21
constructing, and operating each storage facil-22
ity, including the transportation costs, on an 23
annual basis, over the expected lifetime of the 24
storage facility; 25
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(C) a schedule for— 1
(i) obtaining from the Nuclear Regu-2
latory Commission any license necessary to 3
construct and operate the storage facility; 4
(ii) constructing the storage facility; 5
(iii) transporting spent fuel to the 6
storage facility; and 7
(iv) removing the spent fuel from, and 8
decommissioning of, the storage facility; 9
(D) an estimate of the cost of any financial 10
assistance, compensation, or incentives proposed 11
to be paid to the host State, Indian Tribe, or 12
unit of local government; 13
(E) an estimate of any future reductions in 14
the damages expected to be paid by the United 15
States for the delay of the Department of En-16
ergy in accepting spent fuel expected to result 17
from the storage facilities developed under this 18
section; and 19
(F) recommendations for any additional 20
legislation needed to authorize and implement 21
the program. 22
(6) SUBMISSION OF LICENSE APPLICATION.— 23
On selection of a site under paragraph (4), the ap-24
plicant (in the case of a non-Federal facility) or the 25
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Administrator (in the case of a federally owned facil-1
ity) shall submit to the Commission an application 2
for a construction authorization for the storage facil-3
ity. 4
(c) ADDITIONAL STORAGE FACILITIES FOR NONPRI-5
ORITY WASTE.— 6
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall 7
seek to ensure that efforts to site, construct, and op-8
erate a storage facility for nonpriority waste are ac-9
companied by parallel efforts to site, construct, and 10
operate 1 or more repositories. 11
(2) STORAGE FACILITIES FOR NONPRIORITY 12
WASTE.—Except as provided in paragraphs (3) and 13
(4), the Administrator may issue requests for pro-14
posals and select sites for site characterization for 1 15
or more additional storage facilities for nonpriority 16
waste as the Administrator determines to be nec-17
essary— 18
(A) subject to the terms and conditions of 19
this section; and 20
(B) in accordance with the mission plan 21
developed under section 504. 22
(3) FIRST 10 YEARS.—During the 10-year pe-23
riod following the date of enactment of this Act, the 24
Administrator may not issue an additional request 25
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for proposals or select a site for site characterization 1
for an additional storage facility for nonpriority 2
waste unless the Administrator has obligated funds 3
for activities under section 306. 4
(4) AFTER FIRST 10 YEARS.—After the date 5
that is 10 years after the date of enactment of this 6
Act, the Administrator may not issue an additional 7
request for proposals or select a site for site charac-8
terization for an additional storage facility for non-9
priority waste until the Administrator has selected a 10
site for evaluation under section 306(b)(2). 11
(5) STORAGE OF PRIORITY WASTE.—Nothing in 12
this section precludes the Administrator from stor-13
ing priority waste at a storage facility for nonpri-14
ority waste. 15
SEC. 306. REPOSITORIES. 16
(a) SITING GUIDELINES.— 17
(1) ISSUANCE.—Not later than 1 year after the 18
date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator 19
shall issue general guidelines for the consideration of 20
candidate sites for repositories, which shall— 21
(A) comply with the requirements of sec-22
tion 112(a) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 23
1982 (42 U.S.C. 10132(a)); and 24
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(B) require the Administrator to take into 1
account the extent to which a repository 2
would— 3
(i) enhance the reliability and flexi-4
bility of the system for the disposal of nu-5
clear waste; and 6
(ii) minimize the impacts of transpor-7
tation and handling of nuclear waste. 8
(2) REVISIONS.—The Administrator may revise 9
the guidelines in a manner consistent with this sub-10
section and section 112(a) of the Nuclear Waste 11
Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10132(a)). 12
(b) IDENTIFICATION OF CANDIDATE SITES.— 13
(1) REVIEW OF POTENTIAL SITES.—As soon as 14
practicable after the date of the issuance of the 15
guidelines under subsection (a), the Administrator 16
shall evaluate potential sites for a repository to de-17
termine whether the sites are suitable for site char-18
acterization. 19
(2) SITES ELIGIBLE FOR REVIEW.—The Admin-20
istrator shall select sites for evaluation under para-21
graph (1) from among sites recommended by— 22
(A) the Governor or duly authorized offi-23
cial of the State in which the site is located; 24
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(B) the governing body of the affected unit 1
of general local government; 2
(C) the governing body of an Indian Tribe 3
within the reservation boundaries of which the 4
site is located; or 5
(D) the Administrator, after consultation 6
with, and with the consent of— 7
(i) the Governor of the State in which 8
the site is located; 9
(ii) the governing body of the affected 10
unit of general local government; and 11
(iii) the governing body of the Indian 12
Tribe, if the site is located within the res-13
ervation of an Indian Tribe. 14
(3) SITE INVESTIGATIONS.—In evaluating a site 15
under this subsection prior to any determination of 16
the suitability of the site for site characterization, 17
the Administrator— 18
(A) shall use available geophysical, geologi-19
cal, geochemical, hydrological, and other infor-20
mation; and 21
(B) shall not perform any preliminary bor-22
ings or excavations at the site unless necessary 23
to determine the suitability of the site and au-24
thorized by the landowner. 25
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(4) DETERMINATION OF SUITABILITY.—The 1
Administrator shall determine whether a site is suit-2
able for site characterization based on an environ-3
mental assessment of the site, which shall include— 4
(A) an evaluation by the Administrator of 5
whether the site is suitable for development as 6
a repository under the guidelines established 7
under subsection (a), including a safety case 8
that provides the basis for confidence in the 9
safety of the proposed nuclear waste facility at 10
the proposed site; 11
(B) an evaluation by the Administrator of 12
the effects of site characterization activities on 13
public health and safety and the environment; 14
(C) a reasonable comparative evaluation of 15
the proposed site and other proposed sites; 16
(D) a description of the decision process by 17
which the site was recommended; 18
(E) an assessment of the regional and local 19
impacts of locating a repository at the site, in-20
cluding the extent to which nuclear wastes are, 21
or are planned to be, stored or disposed of with-22
in the State; and 23
(F) potential conflicts with— 24
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(i) a compliance agreement requiring 1
removal of nuclear waste from a site; or 2
(ii) a statutory prohibition on the 3
storage or disposal of nuclear waste at a 4
site. 5
(c) SITE CHARACTERIZATION.— 6
(1) SELECTION OF SITES.—From among the 7
sites determined to be suitable for site characteriza-8
tion under subsection (b), the Administrator shall 9
select at least 1 site for site characterization as a re-10
pository. 11
(2) PREFERENCE FOR CO-LOCATED REPOSI-12
TORY AND STORAGE FACILITY.—In selecting sites 13
for site characterization as a repository, the Admin-14
istrator shall give preference and priority to sites de-15
termined to be suitable for co-location of a storage 16
facility and a repository. 17
(3) PUBLIC HEARINGS.—Before selecting a site 18
for site characterization, the Administrator shall 19
hold public hearings in the vicinity of the site and 20
at least 1 other location within the State in which 21
the site is located— 22
(A) to inform the public of the proposed 23
site characterization; and 24
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(B) to solicit public comments and rec-1
ommendations with respect to the site charac-2
terization plan of the Administrator. 3
(4) CONSULTATION AND COOPERATION AGREE-4
MENT.— 5
(A) REQUIREMENT.—Before selecting a 6
site for site characterization, the Administrator 7
shall enter into a consultation and cooperation 8
agreement, subject to section 401(e), with— 9
(i) the Governor of the State in which 10
the site is located; 11
(ii) the governing body of the affected 12
unit of general local government; and 13
(iii) the governing body of any af-14
fected Indian Tribe. 15
(B) CONTENTS.—The consultation and co-16
operation agreement shall provide— 17
(i) compensation to the State, any af-18
fected units of local government, and any 19
affected Indian Tribes for any potential 20
economic, social, public health and safety, 21
and environmental impacts associated with 22
site characterization; and 23
(ii) financial and technical assistance 24
to enable the State, affected units of local 25
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government, and affected Indian Tribes to 1
monitor, review, evaluate, comment on, ob-2
tain information on, and make rec-3
ommendations on site characterization ac-4
tivities. 5
(d) FINAL SITE SUITABILITY DETERMINATION.— 6
(1) DETERMINATION REQUIRED.—On comple-7
tion of site characterization activities, the Adminis-8
trator shall make a final determination of whether 9
the site is suitable for development as a repository. 10
(2) BASIS OF DETERMINATION.—In making a 11
determination under paragraph (1), the Adminis-12
trator shall determine if— 13
(A) the site is scientifically and technically 14
suitable for development as a repository, taking 15
into account— 16
(i) whether the site meets the siting 17
guidelines of the Administrator; and 18
(ii) whether there is reasonable assur-19
ance that a repository at the site will 20
meet— 21
(I) the radiation protection 22
standards of the Administrator of the 23
Environmental Protection Agency; 24
and 25
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(II) the licensing standards of 1
the Commission; and 2
(B) development of a repository or storage 3
facility at the site is in the national interest. 4
(3) PUBLIC HEARINGS.—Before making a final 5
determination under paragraph (1), the Adminis-6
trator shall hold public hearings in the vicinity of 7
the site and at least 1 other location within the 8
State in which the site is located to solicit public 9
comments and recommendations on the proposed de-10
termination. 11
(e) CONSENT AGREEMENTS.— 12
(1) REQUIREMENT.—On making a final deter-13
mination of site suitability under subsection (d), but 14
before submitting a license application to the Com-15
mission under subsection (f), the Administrator shall 16
enter into a consent agreement, subject to section 17
401(e), with— 18
(A) the Governor or other authorized offi-19
cial of the State in which the site is located; 20
(B) the governing body of the affected unit 21
of general local government; and 22
(C) if the site is located on a reservation, 23
the governing body of the affected Indian Tribe. 24
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(2) CONTENTS.—The consent agreement 1
shall— 2
(A) contain the terms and conditions on 3
which each State, local government, and Indian 4
Tribe, as applicable, consents to host the repos-5
itory; and 6
(B) express the consent of each State, local 7
government, and Indian Tribe to host the re-8
pository. 9
(3) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The terms and 10
conditions under paragraph (2)(A)— 11
(A) shall promote the economic and social 12
well-being of the people living in the vicinity of 13
the repository; and 14
(B) may include— 15
(i) financial compensation and incen-16
tives; 17
(ii) economic development assistance; 18
(iii) operational limitations or require-19
ments; and 20
(iv) regulatory oversight authority. 21
(4) BINDING EFFECT.—The consent agree-22
ment— 23
(A) shall be binding on the parties, subject 24
to section 401(e); and 25
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(B) shall not be amended or revoked ex-1
cept by mutual agreement of the parties. 2
(f) SUBMISSION OF LICENSE APPLICATION.—On de-3
termining that a site is suitable under subsection (d) and 4
ratification of a consent agreement under subsection (e), 5
the Administrator shall submit to the Commission an ap-6
plication for a construction authorization for the reposi-7
tory. 8
SEC. 307. LICENSING NUCLEAR WASTE FACILITIES. 9
The construction and operation of a storage facility 10
or repository under this Act shall be subject to— 11
(1) all applicable standards for the protection of 12
the general environment from offsite releases of ra-13
dioactive material; 14
(2) the licensing and regulatory jurisdiction of 15
the Commission, including all applicable criteria and 16
requirements issued by the Commission under sec-17
tion 121(b) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 18
(42 U.S.C. 10141(b)); and 19
(3) the terms and conditions of each consent 20
agreement entered into under section 305(b)(4) or 21
section 306(e). 22
SEC. 308. DEFENSE WASTE. 23
(a) DISPOSAL AND STORAGE BY ADMINISTRATION.— 24
The Secretary— 25
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(1) shall arrange for the Administrator to dis-1
pose of defense wastes in a repository developed 2
under this Act; and 3
(2) may arrange for the Administrator to store 4
defense wastes in storage facilities developed under 5
this Act pending disposal in a repository. 6
(b) MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT.—The arrange-7
ments shall be covered by a memorandum of agreement 8
between the Secretary and the Administrator. 9
(c) COSTS.—The portion of the cost of developing, 10
constructing, and operating the repository or storage fa-11
cilities under this Act that is attributable to defense 12
wastes shall be allocated to the Federal Government and 13
paid by the Federal Government into the Working Capital 14
Fund. 15
(d) PROHIBITION.—No defense waste may be stored 16
or disposed of by the Administrator in any storage facility 17
or repository constructed under this Act until funds are 18
appropriated to the Working Capital Fund in an amount 19
equal to the fees that would be paid by contract holders 20
under section 302 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 21
1982 (42 U.S.C. 10222) if such nuclear waste were gen-22
erated by a contract holder. 23
(e) COMMINGLING DETERMINATION.— 24
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(1) REEVALUATION.—Notwithstanding section 1
8 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 2
U.S.C. 10107), the Secretary may reevaluate the de-3
cision to commingle defense wastes with nuclear 4
waste from civilian nuclear power reactors. 5
(2) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 1 year 6
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-7
retary shall notify the President and the appropriate 8
committees of Congress of whether the Secretary in-9
tends to reevaluate the decision under paragraph (1) 10
and the reasons for that decision. 11
(3) SEPARATE NUCLEAR WASTE FACILITIES.— 12
If the Secretary finds, after conducting the reevalua-13
tion under paragraph (1), that the development of 14
separate nuclear waste facilities for the storage or 15
disposal of defenses wastes is necessary or appro-16
priate for the efficient management of defenses 17
wastes, the Administrator may, with the concurrence 18
of the President, site, construct, and operate 1 or 19
more separate nuclear waste facilities for the storage 20
or disposal of defenses wastes. 21
SEC. 309. TRANSPORTATION. 22
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall be re-23
sponsible for transporting nuclear waste— 24
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(1) from the site of a contract holder to a stor-1
age facility or repository; 2
(2) from a storage facility to a repository; and 3
(3) in the case of defense waste, from a Depart-4
ment of Energy site to a repository. 5
(b) CERTIFIED PACKAGES.—No nuclear waste may 6
be transported under this Act except in packages— 7
(1) the design of which has been certified by 8
the Commission; and 9
(2) that have been determined by the Commis-10
sion to satisfy the quality assurance requirements of 11
the Commission. 12
(c) NOTIFICATION.—Prior to any transportation of 13
nuclear waste under this Act, the Administrator shall pro-14
vide advance notification to States and Indian Tribes 15
through whose jurisdiction the Administrator plans to 16
transport the nuclear waste. 17
(d) TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE.— 18
(1) PUBLIC EDUCATION.—The Administrator 19
shall conduct a program to provide information to 20
the public about the transportation of nuclear waste. 21
(2) TRAINING.—The Administrator shall pro-22
vide financial and technical assistance to States and 23
Indian Tribes through whose jurisdiction the Admin-24
istrator plans to transport nuclear waste to train 25
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public safety officials and other emergency respond-1
ers on— 2
(A) procedures required for the safe, rou-3
tine transportation of nuclear waste; and 4
(B) procedures for dealing with emergency 5
response situations involving nuclear waste, in-6
cluding instruction of— 7
(i) government and Tribal officials 8
and public safety officers in command and 9
control procedures; 10
(ii) emergency response personnel; 11
and 12
(iii) radiological protection and emer-13
gency medical personnel. 14
(3) EQUIPMENT.—The Administrator shall pro-15
vide monetary grants and contributions in-kind to 16
assist States and Indian Tribes through whose juris-17
diction the Administrator plans to transport nuclear 18
waste for the purpose of acquiring equipment for re-19
sponding to a transportation incident involving nu-20
clear waste. 21
(4) TRANSPORTATION SAFETY PROGRAMS.— 22
The Administrator shall provide in-kind, financial, 23
technical, and other appropriate assistance to States 24
and Indian Tribes through whose jurisdiction the 25
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Administrator plans to transport nuclear waste for 1
transportation safety programs related to shipments 2
of nuclear waste. 3
TITLE IV—FUNDING AND LEGAL 4
PROCEEDINGS 5
SEC. 401. WORKING CAPITAL FUND. 6
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 7
Treasury a separate fund, to be known as the ‘‘Nuclear 8
Waste Administration Working Capital Fund’’, which 9
shall be separate from the Nuclear Waste Fund. 10
(b) CONTENTS.—The Working Capital Fund shall 11
consist of— 12
(1) all fees paid by contract holders pursuant to 13
section 302(a) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 14
1982 (42 U.S.C. 10222(a)) on or after the date of 15
enactment of this Act, which shall be paid into the 16
Working Capital Fund— 17
(A) notwithstanding section 302(c)(1) of 18
the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 19
U.S.C. 10222(c)(1)); and 20
(B) immediately on the payment of the 21
fees; 22
(2) any appropriations made by Congress to 23
pay the share of the cost of the program established 24
under this Act attributable to defense wastes; and 25
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(3) interest paid on the unexpended balance of 1
the Working Capital Fund. 2
(c) AVAILABILITY.—All funds deposited in the Work-3
ing Capital Fund— 4
(1) shall be immediately available to the Admin-5
istrator to carry out the functions of the Adminis-6
trator, except to the extent limited in annual author-7
ization or appropriation Acts; 8
(2) shall remain available until expended; and 9
(3) shall not be subject to apportionment under 10
subchapter II of chapter 15 of title 31, United 11
States Code. 12
(d) USE OF FUND.—Except to the extent limited in 13
annual authorization or appropriation Acts, the Adminis-14
trator may make expenditures from the Working Capital 15
Fund only for purposes of carrying out functions author-16
ized by this Act. 17
(e) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—Any contract or agree-18
ment that authorizes an expenditure or obligation exceed-19
ing an amount available in the Working Capital Fund for 20
the expenditure or obligation (including any cooperative 21
agreement, consultation, and cooperation agreement, or 22
consent agreement under section 305 or 306) shall be sub-23
ject to appropriation. 24
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(f) PERFORMANCE-BASED FUNDING.—No fees paid 1
by contract holders pursuant to section 302(a) of the Nu-2
clear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10222(a)) shall 3
be paid into the Working Capital Fund after December 4
31, 2029, unless the Administrator is operating a nuclear 5
waste facility by that date. 6
SEC. 402. NUCLEAR WASTE FUND. 7
(a) ELIMINATION OF LEGISLATIVE VETO.—Section 8
302(a)(4) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 9
U.S.C. 10222(a)(4)) is amended— 10
(1) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘insure’’ 11
and inserting ‘‘ensure’’; and 12
(2) in the last sentence by striking ‘‘transmittal 13
unless’’ and all that follows through the end of the 14
sentence and inserting ‘‘transmittal.’’. 15
(b) ADMINISTRATION OF THE WASTE FUND.—Sec-16
tion 302(e) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 17
U.S.C. 10222(e)) is amended— 18
(1) by striking ‘‘Secretary’’ each place it ap-19
pears (except where it appears in the context of the 20
‘‘Secretary of the Treasury’’) and inserting ‘‘Admin-21
istrator of the Nuclear Waste Administration’’; and 22
(2) by striking ‘‘the Waste Fund’’ each place it 23
appears and inserting ‘‘the Waste Fund or the 24
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Working Capital Fund established by section 401 of 1
the Nuclear Waste Administration Act of 2019’’. 2
SEC. 403. FULL COST RECOVERY. 3
In determining whether insufficient or excess reve-4
nues are being collected to ensure full cost recovery under 5
section 302(a)(4) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 6
(42 U.S.C. 10222(a)(4)), the Administrator shall— 7
(1) assume that sufficient funds will be appro-8
priated to the Nuclear Waste Fund to cover the 9
costs attributable to disposal of defense wastes; and 10
(2) take into account the additional costs re-11
sulting from the enactment of this Act. 12
SEC. 404. JUDICIAL REVIEW. 13
(a) JURISDICTION.— 14
(1) COURTS OF APPEALS.—Except for review in 15
the Supreme Court, a court of appeals of the United 16
States shall have original and exclusive jurisdiction 17
over any civil action— 18
(A) for review of any final decision or ac-19
tion of the Administrator or the Commission 20
under this Act; 21
(B) alleging the failure of the Adminis-22
trator or the Commission to make any decision, 23
or take any action, required under this Act; 24
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(C) challenging the constitutionality of any 1
decision made, or action taken, under this Act; 2
or 3
(D) for review of any environmental as-4
sessment or environmental impact statement 5
prepared pursuant to the National Environ-6
mental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et 7
seq.) with respect to any action under this Act, 8
or alleging a failure to prepare any such assess-9
ment or statement with respect to any such ac-10
tion. 11
(2) VENUE.—The venue of any proceeding 12
under this section shall be in— 13
(A) the judicial circuit in which the peti-14
tioner involved resides or has the principal of-15
fice of the petitioner; or 16
(B) the United States Court of Appeals for 17
the District of Columbia Circuit. 18
(b) DEADLINE FOR COMMENCING ACTION.— 19
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-20
graph (2), a civil action for judicial review described 21
in subsection (a)(1) may be brought not later than 22
the date that is 180 days after the date of the deci-23
sion or action or failure to act involved. 24
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(2) NO KNOWLEDGE OF DECISION OR AC-1
TION.—If a party shows that the party did not know 2
of the decision or action complained of (or of the 3
failure to act) and that a reasonable person acting 4
under the circumstances would not have known, the 5
party may bring a civil action not later than 180 6
days after the date the party acquired actual or con-7
structive knowledge of the decision, action, or failure 8
to act. 9
SEC. 405. LITIGATION AUTHORITY. 10
(a) SUPERVISION BY ATTORNEY GENERAL.—The liti-11
gation of the Administration shall be subject to the super-12
vision of the Attorney General pursuant to chapter 31 of 13
title 28, United States Code. 14
(b) ATTORNEYS OF ADMINISTRATION.—The Attor-15
ney General may authorize any attorney of the Adminis-16
tration to conduct any civil litigation of the Administration 17
in any Federal court, except the Supreme Court. 18
SEC. 406. LIABILITIES. 19
(a) PENDING LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.—Any suit, 20
cause of action, or judicial proceeding commenced by or 21
against the Secretary relating to functions or contracts 22
transferred to the Administrator by this Act shall— 23
(1) not abate by reason of the enactment of this 24
Act; and 25
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(2) continue in effect with the Administrator 1
substituted for the Secretary. 2
(b) SETTLEMENT OF PENDING LITIGATION; CON-3
TRACT MODIFICATION.— 4
(1) SETTLEMENT.—The Attorney General, in 5
consultation with the Administrator, shall settle all 6
claims against the United States by a contract hold-7
er for the breach of a contract for the disposal of 8
nuclear waste under section 302(a) of the Nuclear 9
Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10222(a)) as 10
a condition precedent of an agreement of the Admin-11
istrator to take title to and store the nuclear waste 12
of the contract holder at a storage facility. 13
(2) CONTRACT MODIFICATION.—The Adminis-14
trator and contract holders shall modify contracts 15
entered into under section 302(a) of the Nuclear 16
Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10222(a)) in 17
accordance with the settlement under paragraph (1). 18
(c) PAYMENT OF JUDGMENTS AND SETTLEMENTS.— 19
Payment of judgments and settlements in cases arising 20
from the failure of the Secretary to meet the deadline of 21
January 31, 1998, to begin to dispose of nuclear waste 22
under contracts entered into under section 302(a)(1) of 23
the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 24
10222(a)(1)) shall continue to be paid from the perma-25
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nent judgment appropriation established pursuant to sec-1
tion 1304 of title 31, United States Code. 2
(d) NEW CONTRACTS.—Notwithstanding section 3
302(a)(5) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 4
U.S.C. 10222(a)(5)), the Administrator shall not enter 5
into any contract after the date of enactment of this Act 6
that obligates the Administrator to begin disposing of nu-7
clear waste before the Commission has licensed the Ad-8
ministrator to operate a repository or storage facility. 9
(e) NUCLEAR INDEMNIFICATION.— 10
(1) INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENTS.—For pur-11
poses of section 170 of the Atomic Energy Act of 12
1954 (42 U.S.C. 2210) (commonly known as the 13
‘‘Price-Anderson Act’’)— 14
(A) any person that conducts nuclear 15
waste activities under a contract with the Ad-16
ministrator that may involve the risk of public 17
liability shall be treated as a contractor of the 18
Secretary; and 19
(B) the Secretary shall enter into an 20
agreement of indemnification with any person 21
described in subparagraph (A). 22
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 11 ff. 23
of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 24
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2014(ff)) is amended by inserting ‘‘or the Nuclear 1
Waste Administration’’ after ‘‘Secretary of Energy’’. 2
TITLE V—ADMINISTRATIVE AND 3
SAVINGS PROVISIONS 4
SEC. 501. ADMINISTRATIVE POWERS OF ADMINISTRATOR. 5
The Administrator shall have the power— 6
(1) to perform the functions of the Secretary 7
transferred to the Administrator pursuant to this 8
Act; 9
(2) to enter into contracts with any person who 10
generates or holds title to nuclear waste generated 11
in a civilian nuclear power reactor for the acceptance 12
of title, subsequent transportation, storage, and dis-13
posal of the nuclear waste; 14
(3) to enter into and perform contracts, leases, 15
and cooperative agreements with public agencies, 16
private organizations, and persons necessary or ap-17
propriate to carry out the functions of the Adminis-18
trator; 19
(4) to acquire, in the name of the United 20
States, real estate for the construction, operation, 21
and decommissioning of nuclear waste facilities; 22
(5) to obtain from the Administrator of General 23
Services the services the Administrator of General 24
Services is authorized to provide agencies of the 25
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United States, on the same basis as those services 1
are provided to other agencies of the United States; 2
(6) to conduct nongeneric research, develop-3
ment, and demonstration activities necessary or ap-4
propriate to carrying out the functions of the Ad-5
ministrator; and 6
(7) to make such rules and regulations, not in-7
consistent with this Act, as may be necessary to 8
carry out the functions of the Administrator. 9
SEC. 502. PERSONNEL. 10
(a) OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES.— 11
(1) APPOINTMENT.—In addition to the senior 12
officers described in section 203, the Administrator 13
may appoint and fix the compensation of such offi-14
cers and employees as may be necessary to carry out 15
the functions of the Administration. 16
(2) COMPENSATION.—Except as provided in 17
paragraph (3), officers and employees appointed 18
under this subsection shall be appointed in accord-19
ance with the civil service laws and the compensation 20
of the officers and employees shall be fixed in ac-21
cordance with title 5, United States Code. 22
(3) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding paragraph 23
(2), the Administrator may, to the extent the Ad-24
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ministrator determines necessary to discharge the 1
responsibilities of the Administrator— 2
(A) appoint exceptionally well qualified in-3
dividuals to scientific, engineering, or other crit-4
ical positions without regard to the provisions 5
of chapter 33 of title 5, United States Code, 6
governing appointments in the competitive serv-7
ice; and 8
(B) fix the basic pay of any individual ap-9
pointed under subparagraph (A) at a rate of 10
not more than level I of the Executive Schedule 11
without regard to the civil service laws, except 12
that the total annual compensation of the indi-13
vidual shall be at a rate of not more than the 14
highest total annual compensation payable 15
under section 104 of title 3, United States 16
Code. 17
(4) MERIT PRINCIPLES.—The Administrator 18
shall ensure that the exercise of the authority grant-19
ed under paragraph (3) is consistent with the merit 20
principles of section 2301 of title 5, United States 21
Code. 22
(b) EXPERTS AND CONSULTANTS.—The Adminis-23
trator may obtain the temporary or intermittent services 24
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of experts or consultants as authorized by section 3109 1
of title 5, United States Code. 2
(c) ADVISORY COMMITTEES.— 3
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator may 4
establish, in accordance with the Federal Advisory 5
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.), such advisory com-6
mittees as the Administrator may consider appro-7
priate to assist in the performance of the functions 8
of the Administrator. 9
(2) COMPENSATION.—A member of an advisory 10
committee, other than a full-time employee of the 11
Federal Government, may be allowed travel ex-12
penses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as 13
authorized by section 5703 of title 5, United States 14
Code, for individuals in the Government service 15
without pay, while attending meetings of the advi-16
sory committee or otherwise serving away from the 17
homes or regular place of business of the member at 18
the request of the Administrator. 19
SEC. 503. OFFICES. 20
(a) PRINCIPAL OFFICE.—The principal office of the 21
Administration shall be in or near the District of Colum-22
bia. 23
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(b) FIELD OFFICES.—The Administrator may main-1
tain such field offices as the Administrator considers nec-2
essary to carry out the functions of the Administrator. 3
SEC. 504. MISSION PLAN. 4
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall prepare 5
a mission plan, which shall— 6
(1) provide an informational basis sufficient to 7
permit informed decisions to be made in carrying 8
out the functions of the Administrator; and 9
(2) provide verifiable indicators for oversight of 10
the performance of the Administrator. 11
(b) CONTENTS.—The mission plan shall include— 12
(1) a description of the actions the Adminis-13
trator plans to take to carry out the functions of the 14
Administrator under this Act; 15
(2) schedules and milestones for carrying out 16
the functions of the Administrator, which shall pro-17
vide for the operation of— 18
(A) a pilot facility not later than December 19
31, 2025; 20
(B) a storage facility for nonpriority waste 21
not later than December 31, 2029; and 22
(C) a repository not later than December 23
31, 2052; and 24
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(3) an estimate of the amounts that the Admin-1
istration will need Congress to appropriate from the 2
Nuclear Waste Fund (in addition to amounts ex-3
pected to be available from the Working Capital 4
Fund) to carry out the functions of the Nuclear 5
Waste Fund, on an annual basis. 6
(c) PROPOSED MISSION PLAN.—Not later than 1 7
year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Adminis-8
trator shall submit a proposed mission plan for comment 9
to— 10
(1) Congress; 11
(2) the Oversight Board; 12
(3) the Commission; 13
(4) the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board 14
established by section 502 of the Nuclear Waste Pol-15
icy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10262); 16
(5) the States; 17
(6) affected Indian Tribes; and 18
(7) such other interested persons as the Admin-19
istrator considers appropriate. 20
(d) PUBLIC NOTICE AND COMMENT.—On submitting 21
the proposed mission plan for comment under subsection 22
(c), the Administrator shall— 23
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(1) publish a notice in the Federal Register of 1
the availability of the proposed mission plan for pub-2
lic comment; and 3
(2) provide interested persons an opportunity to 4
comment on the proposed plan. 5
(e) SUBMISSION OF FINAL MISSION PLAN.—After 6
consideration of the comments received, the Administrator 7
shall— 8
(1) revise the proposed mission plan to the ex-9
tent that the Administrator considers appropriate; 10
and 11
(2) submit the final mission plan, along with a 12
general statement responding to any significant 13
issues raised in the comments received on the pro-14
posed mission plan, to the appropriate committees of 15
Congress, the President, and the Oversight Board. 16
(f) REVISION OF THE MISSION PLAN.—The Adminis-17
trator shall— 18
(1) revise the mission plan, as appropriate, to 19
reflect major changes in the planned activities, 20
schedules, milestones, and cost estimates reported in 21
the mission plan; and 22
(2) submit the revised mission plan to Con-23
gress, the President, and the Oversight Board prior 24
to implementing the proposed changes. 25
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SEC. 505. ANNUAL REPORTS. 1
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall annually 2
prepare and submit to Congress, the President, and the 3
Oversight Board a comprehensive report on the activities 4
and expenditures of the Administration. 5
(b) MANAGEMENT REPORT.—The annual report sub-6
mitted under subsection (a) shall include— 7
(1) the annual management report required 8
under section 9106 of title 31, United States Code; 9
and 10
(2) the report on any audit of the financial 11
statements of the Administration conducted under 12
section 9105 of title 31, United States Code. 13
SEC. 506. SAVINGS PROVISIONS; TERMINATIONS. 14
(a) COMMISSION PROCEEDINGS.—This Act shall not 15
affect any proceeding or any application for any license 16
or permit pending before the Commission on the date of 17
enactment of this Act. 18
(b) AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY.—This Act shall 19
not transfer or affect the authority of the Secretary with 20
respect to— 21
(1) the maintenance, treatment, packaging, and 22
storage of defense wastes at Department of Energy 23
sites prior to delivery to, and acceptance by, the Ad-24
ministrator for disposal in a repository; 25
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(2) the conduct of generic research, develop-1
ment, and demonstration activities related to nuclear 2
waste management, including proliferation-resistant 3
advanced fuel recycling and transmutation tech-4
nologies that minimize environmental and public 5
health and safety impacts; and 6
(3) training and workforce development pro-7
grams relating to nuclear waste management. 8
(c) TERMINATIONS.—The authority for each function 9
of the Secretary relating to the siting, construction, and 10
operation of repositories or storage facilities not trans-11
ferred to the Administrator under this Act shall terminate 12
on the date of enactment of this Act, including the author-13
ity— 14
(1) to provide interim storage or monitored, re-15
trievable storage under subtitles B and C of title I 16
of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 17
10151 et seq.); and 18
(2) to site or construct a test and evaluation fa-19
cility under title II of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act 20
of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10191 et seq.). 21
SEC. 507. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN THE FIELD OF SPENT 22
FUEL STORAGE AND DISPOSAL. 23
(a) JOINT NOTICE.—Not later than 90 days after the 24
date of enactment of this Act and annually for 5 suc-25
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ceeding years, the Secretary and the Commission shall up-1
date and publish in the Federal Register the joint notice 2
required by section 223(b) of the Nuclear Waste Policy 3
Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10203(b)). 4
(b) INFORMING FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS.—As soon 5
as practicable after the date of the publication of the an-6
nual joint notice described in subsection (a), the Secretary 7
of State shall inform the governments of nations and orga-8
nizations operating nuclear power plants, solicit expres-9
sions of interest, and transmit any such expressions of in-10
terest to the Secretary and the Commission, as provided 11
in section 223(c) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 12
(42 U.S.C. 10203(c)). 13
(c) BUDGET REQUESTS.—The President shall in-14
clude in the budget request of the President for the Com-15
mission and the Department of Energy for each of fiscal 16
years 2020 through 2025 such funding requests for a pro-17
gram of cooperation and technical assistance with nations 18
in the fields of spent nuclear fuel storage and disposal as 19
the President determines appropriate in light of expres-20
sions of interest in the cooperation and assistance. 21
(d) ELIGIBILITY.—Notwithstanding any limitation on 22
cooperation and technical assistance to non-nuclear weap-23
on states under section 223 of the Nuclear Waste Policy 24
Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10203), the Secretary and the 25
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Commission may cooperate with and provide technical as-1
sistance to nuclear weapon states, if the Secretary and the 2
Commission determine the cooperation and technical as-3
sistance is in the national interest. 4
SEC. 508. NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD. 5
(a) ELIGIBILITY.—Section 502(b)(3)(C)(iii)(I) of the 6
Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 7
10262(b)(3)(C)(iii)(I)) is amended by inserting ‘‘or the 8
Nuclear Waste Administration’’ after ‘‘the Department of 9
Energy’’. 10
(b) FUNCTIONS.—Section 503 of the Nuclear Waste 11
Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10263) is amended by 12
striking ‘‘1987’’ and inserting ‘‘1987 and the Nuclear 13
Waste Administrator’’. 14
(c) PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS.—Section 504(b) 15
of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 16
10264(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘Secretary’’ each place 17
it appears and inserting ‘‘Nuclear Waste Administrator’’. 18
(d) REPORTS.—Section 508 of the Nuclear Waste 19
Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10268) is amended in the 20
first sentence by striking ‘‘Congress and the Secretary’’ 21
and inserting ‘‘Congress, the Nuclear Waste Adminis-22
trator, and the Nuclear Waste Oversight Board’’. 23
(e) TERMINATION.—Section 510 of the Nuclear 24
Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10270) is amended 25
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by striking ‘‘Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘Nuclear Waste Ad-1
ministrator’’. 2
SEC. 509. REPEAL OF VOLUME LIMITATION. 3
Section 114(d) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 4
1982 (42 U.S.C. 10134(d)) is amended by striking the 5
second and third sentences. 6
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